Inflow Conditions and Heat Transfer From Suddenly Expanding Annular Pseudoplastic Flows

Author(s):  
Khaled J. Hammad

The impact of inflow conditions on flow and heat transfer in suddenly expanding annular pipe flows of a pseudoplastic fluid is studied within the steady laminar flow regime. The equations governing conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, along with the power-law constitutive model are numerically solved using a finite-difference numerical scheme. The influence of inflow conditions, annular-nozzle-diameter-ratio, k, power-law index, n, and Prandtl numbers, is reported for: Inflow Condition = {fully-developed, uniform}; κ = {0, 0.5}; n = {1, 0.6}; Re = {50}; Pr = {1, 10, 100}. Fully-developed inflows result in larger and more intense recirculation, which leads to higher wall heat transfer rates, in comparison with uniform inflows. Substantial heat transfer augmentation, downstream the plane of expansion, is only observed for Pr = 10 and 100.

Author(s):  
Khaled J. Hammad

The impact of flow inertia on flow and heat transfer in suddenly expanding annular pipe flows of a shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluid is studied within the steady laminar flow regime. The equations governing conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, along with the power-law constitutive model are numerically solved using a finite-difference numerical scheme. The influence of inflow inertia, annular-nozzle-diameter-ratio, k, power-law index, n, and Prandtl numbers, is reported for: Re = {50, 100}, k = {0, 0.5}; n = {1, 0.6}; and Pr = {1, 10, 100}. Heat transfer augmentation, downstream the plane of expansion, is only observed for Pr = 10 and 100. The extent and intensity of recirculation in the corner region, increases with inflow inertia. Higher Reynolds and Prandtl numbers, power-law index values, and annular diameter ratios, in general, reflect a more dramatic heat transfer augmentation downstream of the expansion plane.


Author(s):  
Khaled J. Hammad

Heat transfer enhancement in suddenly expanding annular pipe flows of a shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluid is studied within the steady laminar flow regime. Conservation of mass, momentum, and energy equations, along with the power-law constitutive model are numerically solved. The impact of inflow inertia, annular-nozzle-diameter-ratio, k, power-law index, n, and Prandtl numbers, is reported for: Re = {50, 100}, k = {0, 0.5, 0.7}; n = {1, 0.8, 0.6}; and Pr = {1, 10, 100}. Heat transfer enhancement downstream of the expansion plane, i.e., Nusselt numbers, Nu, higher than the fully developed value, in the downstream pipe, is observed only for Pr = 10 and 100. Higher Prandtl numbers, power-law index values, and annular diameter ratios, in general, reflect a more dramatic heat transfer augmentation downstream of the expansion plane. Heat transfer augmentation for Pr = 10 and 100, is more dramatic for suddenly expanding annular flows, in comparison with suddenly expanding pipe flow. For a given annular diameter ratio and Reynolds numbers, increasing the Prandtl number from Pr = 10 to Pr = 100, always results in higher peak Nu values, for both Newtonian and shear-thinning non-Newtonian flows.


Author(s):  
Khaled J. Hammad

Non-isothermal suddenly expanding annular pipe flows of a shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluid are numerically studied within the steady laminar flow regime. The power-law constitutive equation is used to model the shear-thinning rheology of interest. A parametric study is performed to reveal the influence of annular-nozzle-diameter-ratio, k, power-law index, n, and Prandtl numbers over the following range of parameters: k = {0, 0.5}; n = {1, 0.6}; and Pr = {1, 10, 100}. Heat transfer enhancement, i.e., wall heat transfer rates higher than the fully developed ones downstream of the expansion plane, is observed only for Pr = 10 and 100. In the case of Pr = 1, wall heat transfer rates monotonically increase to the fully developed value. Higher Pr, k, and n values, in general, result in more significant heat transfer enhancement downstream of the expansion plane. Further, shear-thinning non-Newtonian flows display two local peak wall heat transfer rates, in comparison with only one peak value in the case of Newtonian flows.


Author(s):  
Khaled J. Hammad

The impact of inflow conditions on the flow structure and evolution characteristics of annular flows of Newtonian and shear-thinning fluids through a sudden pipe expansion are studied. Numerical solutions to the elliptic form of the governing equations along with the power-law constitutive equation were obtained using a finite-difference scheme. A parametric study is performed to reveal the influence of inflow velocity profiles, annular diameter ratio, k, and power-law index, n, over the following range of parameters: inflow velocity profile = {fully-developed, uniform}, k = {0, 0.5, 0.7} and n = {1, 0.8, 0.6}. Flow separation and entrainment, downstream of the expansion plane, creates central and a much larger outer recirculation regions. The results demonstrate the influence of inflow conditions, annular diameter ratio, and rheology on the extent and intensity of both flow recirculation regions, the wall shear stress distribution, and the evolution and redevelopment characteristics of the flow downstream the expansion plane. Fully-developed inflows result in larger reattachment and redevelopment lengths as well as more intense recirculation, within the central and corner regions, in comparison with uniform inflow conditions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 307 ◽  
pp. 01052
Author(s):  
Nihal Toudja ◽  
Nabila Labsi ◽  
Youb Khaled Benkahla ◽  
Abdelkader Boutra ◽  
Seif-Eddine Ouyahia ◽  
...  

Mixed convection heat and mass transfer in an inclined square cavity partially heated is numerically studied in the present paper. The cavity is filled with a non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluid. The governing equations are solved numerically using the finite volume method. The velocitypressure coupling is achieved using the SIMPLER algorithm. This study focuses on the effect of some parameters, namely, the Richardson number and the power law index, on the flow pattern as well as on heat and mass transfer rates. The results indicate that the increase of the Richardson number decreases both heat and mass transfer rates. However, the latter are improved with the increase of the power law index whatever the value of the Richardson number.


2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5 Part B) ◽  
pp. 3067-3074
Author(s):  
Rishi Kairi

This paper emphasizes the radiative heat transfer of non-Newtonian fluid on free convection around a slender paraboloid in a non-Darcy porous medium. The Ostwald-de Waele power-law representation is employed to express the non-Newto?nian behavior of fluid. Similarity analysis is applied to transform the set of non-dimensional PDE into set of ODE and then the resulting system of equations are solved by 4th order Runge-Kutta scheme with Shooting technique. The control of pertinent parameters on velocity, temperature and non-dimensional heat transfer rates are analyzed through graphical representation and explored in detail. It is evident that as the radius of the slender body increases the heat transfer coefficient decreases but the role of radiation on heat transfer rate getting reduced for all feasible values of the power-law index parameter.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5086
Author(s):  
Fatih Selimefendigil ◽  
Hakan F. Oztop ◽  
Ali J. Chamkha

Single and double impinging jets heat transfer of non-Newtonian power law nanofluid on a partly curved surface under the inclined magnetic field effects is analyzed with finite element method. The numerical work is performed for various values of Reynolds number (Re, between 100 and 300), Hartmann number (Ha, between 0 and 10), magnetic field inclination (γ, between 0 and 90), curved wall aspect ratio (AR, between 01. and 1.2), power law index (n, between 0.8 and 1.2), nanoparticle volume fraction (ϕ, between 0 and 0.04) and particle size in nm (dp, between 20 and 80). The amount of rise in average Nusselt (Nu) number with Re number depends upon the power law index while the discrepancy between the Newtonian fluid case becomes higher with higher values of power law indices. As compared to case with n = 1, discrepancy in the average Nu number are obtained as −38% and 71.5% for cases with n = 0.8 and n = 1.2. The magnetic field strength and inclination can be used to control the size and number or vortices. As magnetic field is imposed at the higher strength, the average Nu reduces by about 26.6% and 7.5% for single and double jets with n greater than 1 while it increases by about 4.78% and 12.58% with n less than 1. The inclination of magnetic field also plays an important role on the amount of enhancement in the average Nu number for different n values. The aspect ratio of the curved wall affects the flow field slightly while the average Nu variation becomes 5%. Average Nu number increases with higher solid particle volume fraction and with smaller particle size. At the highest particle size, it is increased by about 14%. There is 7% variation in the average Nu number when cases with lowest and highest particle size are compared. Finally, convective heat transfer performance modeling with four inputs and one output is successfully obtained by using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Interface System (ANFIS) which provides fast and accurate prediction results.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bai Yu ◽  
Muhammad Ramzan ◽  
Saima Riasat ◽  
Seifedine Kadry ◽  
Yu-Ming Chu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe nanofluids owing to their alluring attributes like enhanced thermal conductivity and better heat transfer characteristics have a vast variety of applications ranging from space technology to nuclear reactors etc. The present study highlights the Ostwald-de-Waele nanofluid flow past a rotating disk of variable thickness in a porous medium with a melting heat transfer phenomenon. The surface catalyzed reaction is added to the homogeneous-heterogeneous reaction that triggers the rate of the chemical reaction. The added feature of the variable thermal conductivity and the viscosity instead of their constant values also boosts the novelty of the undertaken problem. The modeled problem is erected in the form of a system of partial differential equations. Engaging similarity transformation, the set of ordinary differential equations are obtained. The coupled equations are numerically solved by using the bvp4c built-in MATLAB function. The drag coefficient and Nusselt number are plotted for arising parameters. The results revealed that increasing surface catalyzed parameter causes a decline in thermal profile more efficiently. Further, the power-law index is more influential than the variable thickness disk index. The numerical results show that variations in dimensionless thickness coefficient do not make any effect. However, increasing power-law index causing an upsurge in radial, axial, tangential, velocities, and thermal profile.


Author(s):  
Khaled J. Hammad

Convective heat transfer from suddenly expanding annular pipe flows are numerically investigated within the steady laminar flow regime. A parametric study is performed to reveal the influence of the annular diameter ratio, k, the Prandtl number, Pr, and the Reynolds number, Re, over the following range of parameters: k = {0, 0.5, 0.7}, Pr = {0.7, 1, 7, 100}, and Re = {25, 50, 100}. Heat transfer enhancement downstream of the expansion plane is only observed for Pr > 1. Peak wall-heat-transfer-rates always appear downstream of the flow reattachment point, in the case of suddenly expanding round pipe flows, i.e. k = 0. However, for suddenly expanding annular pipe flows, i.e., k = 0.5 and 0.7, peak wall-heat-transfer-rates always appear upstream of the flow reattachment point. The observed heat transfer augmentation is more dramatic for suddenly expanding annular flows, in comparison with the one observed for suddenly expanding pipe flows. For a given annular diameter ratio and Reynolds number, increasing the Prandtl number, always results in higher wall-heat-transfer-rates downstream the expansion plane.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahbuba Tasmin ◽  
Preetom Nag ◽  
Zarin T. Hoque ◽  
Md. Mamun Molla

AbstractA numerical study on heat transfer and entropy generation in natural convection of non-Newtonian nanofluid flow has been explored within a differentially heated two-dimensional wavy porous cavity. In the present study, copper (Cu)–water nanofluid is considered for the investigation where the specific behavior of Cu nanoparticles in water is considered to behave as non-Newtonian based on previously established experimental results. The power-law model and the Brinkman-extended Darcy model has been used to characterize the non-Newtonian porous medium. The governing equations of the flow are solved using the finite volume method with the collocated grid arrangement. Numerical results are presented through streamlines, isotherms, local Nusselt number and entropy generation rate to study the effects of a range of Darcy number (Da), volume fractions (ϕ) of nanofluids, Rayleigh numbers (Ra), and the power-law index (n). Results show that the rate of heat transfer from the wavy wall to the medium becomes enhanced by decreasing the power-law index but increasing the volume fraction of nanoparticles. Increase of porosity level and buoyancy forces of the medium augments flow strength and results in a thinner boundary layer within the cavity. At negligible porosity level of the enclosure, effect of volume fraction of nanoparticles over thermal conductivity of the nanofluids is imperceptible. Interestingly, when the Darcy–Rayleigh number $$Ra^*\gg 10$$ R a ∗ ≫ 10 , the power-law effect becomes more significant than the volume fraction effect in the augmentation of the convective heat transfer process. The local entropy generation is highly dominated by heat transfer irreversibility within the porous enclosure for all conditions of the flow medium. The particular wavy shape of the cavity strongly influences the heat transfer flow pattern and local entropy generation. Interestingly, contour graphs of local entropy generation and local Bejan number show a rotationally symmetric pattern of order two about the center of the wavy cavity.


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